I think Oregon has five seasons. Spring, Summer, Sunny Fall, Rainy Fall, and Winter. When Sunny Fall rolls around, it’s all beautiful leaves and cool breezes and pumpkins and long runs and picnics and hikes and boots. But Sunny Fall can only last so long. Then comes Rainy Fall. And it’s cozy and foggy and…
saddle mountain.
The weather in Oregon has been out of this world (if we’re ignoring the past 3 days of rain), and we’ve been spending as much time outside as possible. A few weekends ago, we headed to the coastal mountains to enjoy the sweet, sweet sunshine on Saddle Mountain. I’m pretty sure I raved about this…
salmonberry river trail.
Eric’s sister, Laura, came to visit us over the weekend from sunny southern California. So, naturally, her arrival in Portland was met with pouring rain, which we then insisted on hiking through. She was a total trooper, even when the temperature dropped 15 degrees and the rain soaked through our jackets. The Salmonberry River Trail…
saddle mountain.
I declare this my favorite hike in the Oregon Coastal Mountains. We went pretty wild last weekend and headed west to the Oregon Coastal Mountains. Sometimes I forget that we live between two mountain ranges, since we spend a lot of time in the Cascades and the Columbia River Gorge (both of which are east…